Lovejoy (album)
| Lovejoy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1971 | |||
| Recorded | December 1970 – January 1971 | |||
| Studio | Skyhill Studios, Hollywood Hills, California Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama[1] | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 36:23 | |||
| Label | Stax[2] | |||
| Producer | Don Nix | |||
| Albert King chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Lovejoy is a studio album by Albert King, released in 1971.[7]
The album peaked at No. 188 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Production
[edit]The album was produced by Don Nix, who also penned some of the songs.[9] "Lovejoy, Ill." is about Brooklyn, Illinois, which is nicknamed Lovejoy, after Elijah P. Lovejoy.[10] King got his start in Lovejoy.
Track listing
[edit]- "Honky Tonk Woman" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
- "Bay Area Blues" (Donald "Duck" Dunn, Don Nix) – 2:55
- "Corrina, Corrina" (Don Nix) – 3:45
- "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" (Taj Mahal, James Rachell) – 3:56
- "For the Love of a Woman" (Don Nix) – 4:20
- "Lovejoy, III." (Don Nix) – 3:46
- "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (Don Nix) – 4:20
- "Going Back to Iuka" (Don Nix) – 3:58
- "Like a Road Leading Home" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 5:24
Personnel
[edit]- Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
- Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
- Tippy Armstrong – guitar
- Wayne Perkins – guitar
- John Gallie – keyboards
- Barry Beckett – keyboards
- Donald Dunn – bass guitar
- David Hood – bass guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Sandy Konikoff – percussion
- Jeanie Green – backing vocals
- The Mount Zion Singers – backing vocals
- Technical
- Larry Hamby, Marlin Greene, Peter Nicholls, Steve Smith - engineer
- John Fry - remix engineer
- Joel Brodsky - photography
References
[edit]- ^ Whitley, Carla Jean (July 22, 2014). "Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 841.
- ^ Koda, Cub. Lovejoy at AllMusic
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 630.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 394.
- ^ "Albert King | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Albert King". Billboard.
- ^ Tersch, Gary Von (September 30, 1971). "Lovejoy". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest St. Louis Songs". Riverfront Times.
